“Lilo & Stitch 2” will feature another character that fans of the franchise will be familiar with – Angel, the pink alien and Stitch’s girlfriend. The announcement was made through a brief title treatment at D23.
Maia Kealoha, who played Lilo in the 2025 blockbuster, took the stage to talk about the sequel. Then there was a brief title treatment, which teased the arrival of Angel – you could see her antennae rise up and make a Roman numeral “2,” er, “II.”
Angel, if you don’t know your “Lilo & Stitch” lore, Angel is Experiment 624 (Stitch is 626 of course). She was introduced in “Stitch! The Series,” a show that followed the theatrical smash and has been present for a number of the “Lilo & Stitch” spinoff materials. She is also, crucially, a merchandising juggernaut, particularly in some of the overseas parks like Disneyland Paris. Angel sells a lot of plush.
The “Lilo & Stitch” live-action follow-up will be written and directed by Chris Sanders, who directed the original 2002 animated feature with frequent partner Dean DeBlois. Sanders was recently Oscar-nominated for his DreamWorks animated feature “The Wild Robot” and has remained an essential part of the “Lilo & Stitch” family, having voiced the character virtually every time he has appeared on screen or in theme parks ever since. Sanders is Stitch and Stitch is Sanders.
There is a new animated “Lilo & Stitch” short, entitled “Lilo & Scratch,” that will appear in front of Disney’s animated “Hexed,” in theaters this fall. (It looks incredible.)
“Lilo & Stitch 2” will hit theaters on May 26, 2028. And this time Stitch won’t be alone.
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